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When Crime Came to Town: The 1942 Prendergast-Smith Bank Robbery

Eighty-three years ago, the people of Limestone County awoke to one of the boldest crimes in local history—a meticulously planned and chillingly executed robbery at the Prendergast-Smith National Bank in Mexia. At the time, it stunned the community, and for decades has remained—as far as I can tell— an unsolved mystery.

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